. The craftsman. THE CRAFTSMAN. No 423. Saturday^ Juguft lo, 1734. r<?CALEB DAN VERS, -E/f; Sir, H E N the whole tninifterial Flock openupon You at ciice, and gabble all toge-ther. They hope either to dumb-foundYou with the Confufion of Sounds, or toengage your Pen in a fenfelefs Altercation,and provoke Yoe to throw back fome of the Dirt,which They difpenie fo plentifully. They are fenfible likewife, that, during fuch a De-bate, the Poverty of their Arguments will be conceald ;for This is the conilant Refuge of bad Writers, who,when They cajinor reafcn, always rail; as They tellus the Scutt
. The craftsman. THE CRAFTSMAN. No 423. Saturday^ Juguft lo, 1734. r<?CALEB DAN VERS, -E/f; Sir, H E N the whole tninifterial Flock openupon You at ciice, and gabble all toge-ther. They hope either to dumb-foundYou with the Confufion of Sounds, or toengage your Pen in a fenfelefs Altercation,and provoke Yoe to throw back fome of the Dirt,which They difpenie fo plentifully. They are fenfible likewife, that, during fuch a De-bate, the Poverty of their Arguments will be conceald ;for This is the conilant Refuge of bad Writers, who,when They cajinor reafcn, always rail; as They tellus the Scuttlefijh, \ He is clofely puifued, covershimlelf with a black Subftance, like Ink, and underthis Obfcurity efcapes the Purfuit of his Adverfary^Vol. XIII. A Whe«. ^ ^^ Craftsman. N° 423. When that righteous old Lady, Dame Osborne^ ishard pinched in an Argument, She difdains not to haveRecourfe to this Stratagem. She fcolds, and callsNames moft ftrenuoufly. But This our ancient Oratrit^does with apolitical V^iew, and only in order to gainTime, recover her Breath, and take ofFthe Attentionof the Publick from fome Affertions, oiit of whichShe has been (hamefully beaten. She puts Me in mind of an eminent old Pleader nowalive, and very well known in Covent-Garden Market^by the Name of the old Serjeant. She hathbeen famous for her Pleadings there many Years. HerLungs are, at this Hour, very good. She has a Gra-vity, and a Sort of Ratiocination in her very Counte-nance ; being blefsd with an inflexible Set of Mufcles,and never defcending to the leail Humour, or Pleafan-try, on any Occafion. The Curious, indeed, have ob-lerved a Sort of Wildnefs in the Caft of her Eye,which looks as if thei-e was fomewhere or other alittle Crack. The arterial Veficles
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